Gansu leverages key roles for high-quality growth

Northwest China's Gansu province is set to continue leveraging the Belt and Road Initiative and the strategy of developing the country's western region to further promote its high-quality development, a top provincial official said on Thursday in Beijing.

Building on its success in poverty alleviation, the province has been committed to addressing imbalances in urban-rural, regional and industrial development in recent years, making significant strides in advancing high-quality growth, Ren Zhenhe, deputy secretary of the Communist Party of China Gansu Provincial Committee and governor of Gansu, said at a news conference held by the State Council Information Office.

In 2021, Gansu's GDP surpassed 1 trillion yuan ($137.8 billion). Since 2022, the province's economic growth rate has ranked among the top in the country for seven consecutive quarters. Last year, the growth of residents' per capita disposable income in the province reached 7.5 percent, ranking second among all provincial-level regions in the country.